Australian Defence Vessel (ADV) ''Cape Inscription'', named after Cape Inscription in

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, is a of the

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(RAN). The ship is the second of two Cape-class patrol boats to be delivered to the Royal Australian Navy, the first having been the . The ship was built by

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, commissioned in May 2017 and based at in

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. Austal was originally awarded a $350million contract to construct eight Cape-class patrol boats for the

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to replace the

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s in 2011, with the eight boats delivered between 2013 and 2015. A $63million contract for two more boats, for lease by the RAN, was awarded to Austal by the

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in December 2015. Subsequently, the RAN ordered another eight Evolved Cape-class patrol boats from Austal. In November 2023, the RAN ordered a further two evolved Cape-class patrols, at a cost of A$157.1million. Unlike the later ten boats, which are in a grey colour scheme, ''Cape Inscription'' and ''Cape Fourcroy'' are in the blue and white colour scheme of the eight Australian Border Force vessels, but without the red stripe.

References

External links

Royal Australian Navy webpage for ADV ''Cape Inscription''Austal: Cape-class Patrol Boat (Austal Patrol 58)
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